About block 966,112
Bitcoin block 966,112 was mined by F2Pool on September 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM UTC, 6 min 46 s after block 966,111. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,203 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0492 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1742 BTC for this block.
Block 966,112 is number 449 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,567 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,888 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 156 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,932 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.